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Bell Cow Lake - 38 minutes from Stillwater according to Google Maps.
https://www.chandlerok.com/parks-and-recreation/pages/lakes ...

Oh, I forgot.
There's a Bass Pro Shop and a Cabela's in the OKC area (Bass Pro is near the I-35/I-40 interchange in the Historic Brickyard section of OKC (a nice place to visit on it's own accord)...

Hi foambug,

You're in as much luck as you could possibly be!

There are claims that Oklahoma has more coastline than the Gulf Coast. Not quite true BUT there is a LOT of water in Oklahoma and...

Nice fish!

Nice Dave !
Very nice. You making any plans to explore further afield this Summer? Maybe Southern Illinois or South East Missouri ?

Hi All,

Took a day off after an early morning MD appt. did a little garden work, then went fishing all afternoon and early evening on Big Walnut Creek mostly well north of U.S. Highway 36 and a...

Another great thread Dave.
You have great friends that responded too.
I like that SBW fly.
J

Nice report Dave !
Nice "nope rope" there too.
You can keep em in Mo
Hoping to get to Montauk or some stream down that way this next month
Tight lines!
J

Awesome !
Sounds like a blast.
Fishing at all is better than not fishing :cool:

Nice looking flies sir.
I had that same thing happen to me earlier.
I ended up starting over

It indeed IS pretty WOW!
JD

Wow Dave!

That one grass carp was a "pole bender" for sure!
How do the Drum fight?
They have a lot of surface area that would seem to give them so good leverage - and fairly good sized tails...

Here's the 2nd photo. Yes, My son just watched "Super Troopers" a few days before our trip and shaved his beard so all he has is a (sorta) mustache.
"I mustache you a question" (He wants to be a...

Here's the 1st photo

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Hi again all,

In celebration of my son graduating college soon we splurged and spent some money on a guided trip down a local Smallmouth Creek.

Fished HARD for 8 hours - in the cold, and a bit...

Thanks for the kind replies guys. :)

OLD thread - but I'm sorta an OLD man so. . .

I tried a poly leader a few times and it was kinda quirky but it worked.
I also got gifted three or four homemade sections of T-8 and T-12 in a...

Hi ya Rick,

Not so sure I did any better. We both had a good time, right? So I figure we're about "even" :)

I hear ya on the allergies. And my leech was also constructed from black pine...

Nice post and catches there Dave.

Man, those Koi are cool! Especially the creamy whitish one.

I saw a couple of YouTube videos about preparing and eating Freshwater Drum this winter. I guess...

Hi all,

Broke my kneecap and tore my quad to knee tendon attachment in early Feb so been kinda hobbled up a while and haven't been able to fish.

I tried fishing a park pond a couple of weeks...

Happy belated birthday!

Sorry to hear this Sir.

May God bless you with great memories of her and heal your heart.

Jay

This. Is. Perfect!

I tell others that I've come to learn that motorcyclists (lifestyle, not just occasional riders) and people that fish (same thing, lifestyle, not just occasional people) are the...

You know it Dave! :)

I swear if everyone had go through a semester of fishing training and fishing before they could get out of High School the world would be a much better place.
I ride a...

Very fishy looking tie Sir. I think I'll try a few this evening.

Panfish/trout sized jig hooks are getting a workout at my place.

JD